The download URL is the same one in your license email for Revok.

This makes it possible to mute your MacBook's built-in microphone whenver Firefox launches. This is useful since most video conferencing apps run inside a web browser.

I also happily discovered that MicMüter will work with Zoom (its own audio driver, which can be muted). My local version apparently did not install the audio driver because I had previously disabled its LaunchAgent.

• Added a visual analytics visualization of compressed vs uncompressed apps
• Added an option to export the current app scan filter as a clickable HTML file that shows all of the attributes (only available for licensed users)

Notcho Libre 1.05 fixes the issue by moving all of the app windows on the attached display over to the MacBook's main display when detaching the display is detected and restoring these window when re-attaching the display.

• Added a new option to export your Command Snippets as a clickable collection of HTML files
  complete with an index
• Added an option to automatically insert any of your five Favorite Snippets directly into the Terminal
  of your choice using the ⌥1 to ⌥5 keys

• Added UI localizations for both traditional and simplified Chinese and Korean
• Made app compression threaded for faster and smoother performance
• Fixed a bug where an app's compressed state was not correctly reflected if it had been compressed during the session

• Got rid of the Alerts, which didn't work reliably
• No longer update the window in real-time; it was kind of pointless since the Alerts weren't reliable
• Fixed some memory leaks
• Reduced the maximum number of events from 10 to 8 (so I don't need to worry about handing overflow of the window at lower resolutions)

The result is a leaner, but a still useful app. Judge that for yourself.

You can download the latest version here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Notcho_Libre.zip

I also increased the number of licenses to be created to 6,144 and increased the length of the Notes field to 2,048 characters.

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Butterfly_Collector_Universal.zip

Sample:

https://widgetworx.com/apps/BookCatalog.html

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

Additions:

• Added support for app profiles, so you can fine-tune Leeks’ analysis based on the app and its use cases, such as tuning for a menu bar app or an intensive game or video editor
• Added the ability to view some of the key memory stats in the Dock as Leeks runs
• Added leeks_cli, a command line app that can generate and ingest the same log files as Leeks

Fixes:

• Fixed a crash due to a typo
• Fixed the observer so Leeks should correctly respond to sleep and awake states

The latest release be downloaded from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Leeks_Universal.zip

It can be downloaded from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Leeks_Universal.zip

It also features a few improvements that will make it more accurate and reduce false-positives in declaring leaks.

You can download the latest version here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Notcho_Libre.zip

• AppleScript support. You can now use AppleScript to extract and manulator data from your E-Book collection for use in your own custom workflows with 7 functions provided (more may come later) and the included User Guide include a chapter on these functions with an example
• UI localization support. I finally localized the UI in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Japanese

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

The update now enables it to handle more statuses, which will allow it to explain reasons for apps to be considered suspicious. You can download the latest version here:

https://www.widgetworx.com/resources/Signcheck.zip

Updates:

• I updated the global keyboard shortcut handler to better support users with non-US keyboards.
• I did a similar update for Command Keeper's 'insert Command Snippet' functionality; it should now be possible to use this feature for non-US keyboards.
• I updates some functions use more modern macOS API calls, which should improve forward compatibility with newer versions of macOS.

Bug fixes:

• I fixed a bug with the JSON export (export Snippets) where certain characters would cause invalid JSON to be generated.
• I fixed a bug with the CSV export where certain characters might break the export.

You can download the lastest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Command_Keeper_Universal.zip

1. Localizations for German, French, and Spanish
2. The ability to detect if an external display is attached and enforce the Notch-free logic, which didn't always work with 1.00

You can download the latest version here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Notcho_Libre.zip

• Fixed a regression bug in cracked software detection. Positives now appear correctly and will always be marked as potentially risky.
• I added a number of new cracker signatures to expand Revok's detection.
• I updated revok-cli's logic to mirror Revok's.
• I added some performance and memory optimizations.
• I added checks to ensure that Signcheck and Mach-O Inspector only work with Revok (if installed) for paid users.

You can always download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

• Fixing a memory leak with dictionary lookups
• Removing support for Spanish and French languauges since the dictionary lookup works differently than what DoD expects
• Some internal hardening and robustness improvements
• Adding the ability to automatically center the DoD input window via a Preferences setting, so it always appears in the same place even if you moved the window during your last input

You can always download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

You can always download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

• Fixes for the Japanese UI localization that were missing from v1.31
• Additional optimizations for app scanning; I replaced scanning for the App Store receipt directory inside each app bundle with the Spotlight API to detect the App Store key and shaved another half second off the average scan
• Adding information for apps that request Bluetooth access
• Reinstituting update checks upon startup
• Adding support for displaying Mac App Store descriptions for apps downloaded from the App Store

You can always download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

1. The ability to generate a list of UUIDs for all currently mounted disks or disk images. If any disks are mounted, you will them appear along with their UUID (your Mac's internal drive UUID will be ignored). This makes it easier to block certain disk volumes by UUID.
2. The ability to unstick "stuck" disk images. Some disk images that get BLOCKED by MountBatten can get stuck and can't be remounted even after quitting. This option will allow you to remount them without resorting to entering Terminal commands.

• Quill: Added UI localizations for French, German, and Spanish
• Menu Snappr II: Added UI localizations for French, German, Spanish, and Italian

At this point, I plan to localize one or two more apps and then move on and either build something new or add some overdue features to my other apps.

1. File Fingerprints now supports UIs in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese
2. Menupedia now supports UIs in English, French, German and Spanish
3. Stim now supports UIs in English, French, German and Spanish

I make decisions about which apps are localized based on download volumes and the level of difficulty in supporting localized UI elements (some are easier than others).

• I fixed the replace book cover thumbnail option, which broke in 1.09
• I fixed the JSON export option so that it now generates valid JSON files

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

This bug was introduced in Revok 1.28. My apologies for not catching it sooner!

1. Tags will now auto-populate from previously entered tags to speed up task entry
2. Visualizations now appear in sheet windows
3. Some minor internal optimizations

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Unibrow_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

You can always download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

NOTE: revok-cli has not yet been localized.

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Disk-O_Universal.zip

Now, you must explicity enable this option to show a recurring low disk space notification and menu bar indicator if your Mac's free disk space falls below a specific percentage.

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Disk-O_Universal.zip

1. Run Shell Script: This feature allows you to select any bash, zsh, python, or perl script and run it once a file or directory event is triggered.
2. Memory optimizations: I made yet more optimizations to core functions, which seem to help long-term stability.

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Watchtower_Universal.zip

As always, you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Command_Keeper_Universal.zip

• The ability to run shell scripts by selecting any file that ends in a .sh extension, but scripts can be in bash, csh, zsh, python or perl; MountBatten will automatically apply a chmod +x bit and you can pass the disk volume name, type, and action as parameters to your scripts
• Improved logging. Logs will now get automatically rotated at 10 megs and UI logs will automatically highlight the most recent event
• The ability to match disks and disk volumes by UUID to prevent spoofing of disk names that you don't want to mount

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/MountBatten_Universal.zip

• I refactored the FSEvents monitoring routines...again! I've probably modified this routine the most in the last 14 versions, but this change should be the final one. I was able to reduce memory usage and improve performance and fixed a couple of hidden bugs.
• I removed the Touch ID support. The implementation broke on recent macOS versions and it was never particularly useful and it simplifies the overall code. I may add it back in future versions...we'll see.
• I optimized a couple of other functions for performance and reliability.
• I added confirmations when deleting Watch Paths and Rules.

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Watchtower_Universal.zip

I added rudimentary Touch ID support for licensed users. If you enable this options, any attempt to change Mount Rules, delete them, stop monitoring, or even try to quit MountBatten, will prompt the user o authenticate. It does this once -- failing to authenticate will effectively lock the app. It can still run but stopping it or making any changes will require someone force-quitting the app.

This is meant to enforce a degree of security when used in shared Mac environments with roommates, spouses, children, relatives, or even co-workers.

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/MountBatten_Universal.zip

• AYou can now see visualizations of the breakdown of allowed vs blocked drives, a breakdown of blocked devices, and a breakdown of the top blocked drives or disk image names
• Added a short time window before logging when using DMG images with license agreement 
  screens attempt to mount, to eliminate the potential of double logging
• Added a 1 second cool down period between triggering actions, to reduce the prospect of double-logging
• Made the app much more safe for threaded operations

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/MountBatten_Universal.zip

New features:

• Added a new Driver Extension detection option
• Added additional German localizations
• Added Finder and Driver extension support to revok-cli
• Sped up the scanning of apps in revok-cli

Bug fixes:

• Added a CEF (Chromium embedded framework) filter in the main UI
• Fixed the CSV export in revok-cli

As always you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

If you encounter any issues, let me know. Otherwise, enjoy the extra speed!

As always you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

It's also a powerful complimentary tool to macOS' "Allow this device to connect" prompt as it can be configured to block disks that macOS allows and trusts from mounting on your Mac.

Although paid software, it's available at a modest price and is fully functional so you can try it out before you decide to buy it.

• Contains an embedded Login helper - This indicates if a specific app has code to auto-run when you log into your Mac. This doesn't mean the feature is enabled, merely that the software supports this ability.
• Uses a Finder Extension - This indicatoes if a given app has installed one or more extensions to the macOS Finder. This can be useful since Finder extensions can change the behavior of the Finder.

These new attributes appear in the Security panel when viewing the details for a specific app. You can also filter on these, get their totals in the scan summary, and they will be reflected in both CSV and JSON exports.

As always you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

• getInstalled: Returns a list of license entries in the database that are marked as currently installed on your Mac.
• getAttachments: Returns a list of license entries in the database that have attachments associated with them.
• getLicenseType: Returns a list of license types and their counts currently in the database.
• getVendors: Returns a list of publishers and their associated apps currently in the database.

You download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Butterfly_Collector_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Watchtower_Universal.zip

A.B.M. Command is only for Apple Silicon Macs (there's no particular reason other than its easier for me) and was tested on macOS Sequoia and Tahoe running on both M2 and M4 MacBook Airs. Outside of that, I have no idea if it will run on other macOS and Mac combinations, but it should be fine.

You can download it from its webpage and hopefully, you like it!

This feature is accessible from the menu or via a user-defined global keyboard shortcut. It's actually a very handy feature if you need it and eliminates the need to have a dedicated app for it for most use cases.

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Menu_Snappr_II_Universal.zip

• A new visualization that shows the top app categories based on your installed apps -- this brings the total number of visualizations to 7
• A new app "risk" assessment that looks at a given app's signed status and shows one of three possible ratings: macOS trusted (green), potentially risky (orange), and risky (red) for apps that are unsigned.

As always you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Revok_Universal.zip

• I sped up the 'Import CSV from Revok' option, it is now 3-5x faster for larger CSVs
• I made a bunch of internal changes to license input and validation, the date picker, and a few other functions: license validation is a bit more user friendly as it no longer throws an error immediately if you enter a wrong or incomplete key -- it simply won't accept it until you enter a valid one
• More polish: I fixed some UI issues for menus and buttons that weren't disabled when they should be
• The License key visibility toggle is no persistent across record selection. I also added a lock icon that shows the current state: open lock when the field is visible and a closed lock when the field is masked

As always, you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Butterfly_Collector_Universal.zip

• I added Donut charts to all of the analytics except for the Top 50 rated books
• I improved the data picker, sharing service picker, and some other functions for better performance and memory usage
• I made the Years analytics show the top books by published year

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

As always, you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Butterfly_Collector_Universal.zip

• CSV and JSON exports now honor filter sections
• Improved analytics speed for large E-Book collections
• Add an option to manually select one or more books to import rather than relying on just drag and drop
• You can now click on stars to rate books
• Improved the search performance
• Improved the overall import speed
• Reduced the memory usage after imports (previous versions had a leak)
• Added a share book option
• Added an icon to replace book thumbnails
• Removed the FTS index rebuild option; no longer needed since I now support triggers that perform this task after imports

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/File_Fingerprints_Universal.zip

• I converted the original keyword-oriented search to FTS (full text search), which makes it possible to exclude Tasks from searches and do exact phrase matching. For example, meetings NOT Todd or "dingleberry" among others.
• I improved database and search performance.
• I fixed small bugs that existed since v1.04.
• I reduce memory when the app is hidden or minimized, making it a better citizen when running it in the background over many days or weeks.

As always, you can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Unibrow_Universal.zip

• I rewrote the file binary and directory scanning routines, which should reduce scan times by 20% or more when dealing with many files

The program is sitll free and you can download it here.

• I rewrote a number of functions, which makes app scanning much faster (25% or more in some cases)
• I clarified unsigned vs self-signed and ad-hoc signed apps in the Details window

You can download the latest version from here.

• Exact matching on tags and titles. For example, "cold war" will now exclude book entries that include "war" or "cold" and match items with "cold war" as a tag or as part of the title, description, or notes
• The ability to include specific entries. For example, show books with the terms "video" and "games" together
• The ability to exlude books from searches. For example, show all books that have the term "video" but not books with the term "games"
• And other possibilities

You can download the latest release fro, here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Gold_Miner_Universal.zip

You can download the latest release fro, here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Bookem_Universal.zip

You can download the latest version from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Disk-O_Universal.zip

• I fixed the menu bar icon display, so it appears correctly for users without reduced transparency enabled. There was a bug where I displayed the inverted icon, instead of letting macOS decide which icon to show.
• I added a popover to show in-line help on how to use the keyboard shortcuts.

You can download it from here:

https://www.widgetworx.com/resources/Fez-Rez.zip

• Basic support for German, Danish, and Dutch languages with improved support for UK / Commonwealth English (tweaked measurement, more checks for differently spelled words from US English, etc.)
• Re-calibrated algolrithms across the board, inluding logic to rate scientific and technical-oriented text as slightly harder to read
• Improved stability; I fixed a lot of the threading logic that handles real-time feedback, so it's less likely to crash than the previous version
• Improved memory usage and overall performance

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Readability_Universal.zip

• Improved the delete license function, so that it shows the selected app entry for better context.
• Added two more AppleScript functions: 
  • getCategories: Returns a list of App Store categories and counts that the license database entries map to.
  • getLicenseCost: Returns a list of license entries in the license database by their cost (using the default system currency).
• Added an Analytics button in the main UI for easier access.

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• I added the ability to detect apps that use Python and the Sentry telemetry framework
• I added information on the app's Code Directory hash value and the macOS version that the app has been compiled against

You can download the latest version from here.

v1.11 has the following changes and improvements:

• Implemented various optimizations to reduce memory usage by ~30%
• Added a new Play Sound & Log action
• Made several user experience improvements

You can download it from here:

https://widgetworx.com/resources/Watchtower_Universal.zip

New Features:

• Added the ability to access macOS' Sharing services to share license information with another family member and so on
• You can now search for licenses by version number

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a long-standing bug with the sorting of App names; Apps with lowercase names now properly appear with ones in Title case
• Fixed a bug with sorting in the Total Cost analytics panel; License types appear based on cost with the highest cost appearing first

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

New Features:

• Added a new analytics breakdown, which shows the cost of your licenses by publisher / vendor. It also includes the ability to calculate recurring license subscriptions (prorated based on their expiration date)

• Added support for CNY currency

• Added some options to disable the Expired license check at start, the Expired license chime, and the program update check

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a long-standing bug where choosing the "Add to Calendar" option for a given license would fail if the name had a space in it!

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• I completely changed the Detail window. It now uses a table to make it easier to view the different metadata attributes.
• I added a new "App Category" tab to the Summary window, which shows a breakdown of apps by category.
• I moved the scanning options for LaunchAgents and others to the menu bar.
• I added a popver tooltip to explain what the different colors in the scan table mean.

You can download the latest version from here.

• Changed the mechanism to detect the internal drive for greater accuracy across macOS versions and devices (previously I guessed the device since this app is one of my early ones and I didn't know any better, now I just query it using an internal function)
• Removed the disk space warning notification since the method I used no longer works when compiled against the macOS 26 SDK
• Published the app as Apple Silicon only. While my apps are mostly Universal, the end of the Intel era is near and long-term, support for these machines will end

Download Disk-O 2.11

• Increased the maximum number of snippets from 999 to 3,072
• Improved the overall search performance and accuracy
• Further optimized the database performance, which should make things snappier and more responsive even as your collection grows
• Increased the number of imported snippets from 500 to 1,024
• Widened the Add / Edit window to make it less cramped
• Added a snippet capacity indicator that shows how many more snippets can be added
• Added two new placeholders: {_browser_} and {_mail_}, which show the name of the default web browser and e-mail client, respectively

You can download it from following link.

• Fixed an issue with the Notes field not preserving linefeeds or carriage returns
• Added support for new license types: Apache 2.0, BSL 1.1, ISC
• Increased the number of supported licenses to 3,072 (from 2,048)
• Added support for iOS and Android in the platform type field
• Increased the size of file attachments to 5 megs (from 2 megs)

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

Bug fixes:

• M4 CPUs didn't like v1.17 and crashed when running Revok under macOS Tahoe. Several users confirmed the issue seems to have been resolved with 1.18.
• Some experimental AppleScript code snuck into v1.17 and was removed in v1.18. This probably didn't cause the crashes reported, but probably didn't help either. Due to how Revok works, I deciced not to enable AppleScript for it (it conflicts with scanning).
• revok-cli has been updated to include the main fixes for scanning in v1.18 (they share a lot of code). If you detect a crash on an M4 and Tahoe when running the command line tool, please let me know since there are suffcient differences -- particularly in how they handle threading.

New Feature:

• Revok 1.18 allows you to select a single scanned application and automatically copy its metadata to the Clipboard in text or JSON format from the context menu.

You can download the latest version from here.

• The ability to detect apps that use the Paddle or Firebase Frameworks; Paddle is used by many developers to handle licensing and diagnostics. Firebase is also used for diagnostics, but is a Google product. While both of these frameworks have very legitmate uses, some privacy-conscious users may not be comfortable with the data they send.
• The ability to detect apps that use the Qt, Flutter, or Chromium Embedded Frameworks. While all of these are widely used, they may not use native macOS UI controls, and in the case of Chromium Embedded, they do not offer native performance.
• revok-cli has been updated to detect these frameworks as well and now show percentage counts in the summary.

You can download the latest version from here.

Remember, knowledge is power and happy Thanksgiving!

• Added support for PDF files. They only support title, author, and description meta data
• Improved E-Book import speed
• Reduced memory usage when browsing E-Books

You can download the latest version from here.

• A sort option, which allows you to sort the display of books in your collection in six different ways (e.g., title, author, publisher, genre, publication date, and modification date)
• Basic support for AZW3 (Kindle) format E-Books. They are basically a flavor of the MOBI format, so it wasn't that difficult. However, importing them is particularly slow due to the complex format
• Improved E-Book importing with logic to smooth out the overall experience -- especially in cases where MOBI and AZW3 files are imported alongside EPUBs

You can download the latest version from here.

• Improved search results and performance by ~10-15%
• Added new options for BSD licenses and Online Services in the License Type and App Type fields, respectively
• Added a new Publisher breakdown, which shows counts and percentages of app licenses by publishers; this gives a total of 7 different analytics breakdowns

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• Added support for a global hotkey that will give the app and main window focus if hidden or minimized
• Added an option to automatically display Nag alerts if one or more Tasks are overdue
• Fixed the sidebar's coloring when not using reduced transparency

You can download it from its product page.

• Most Used Apps: Shows your 10 most used (launched) apps along with a count of launches and the last time they were launched.
• Least Used Apps: Shows your 10 least used (launched) apps along with a count of launches and the last time they were launched.

You can download it from its product page.

• Potentially fixed the tag field background color issue when switching to Dark mode (there was a bug in my observer)
• Added a filter button for Newly created Tasks, so you can now see any newly created Tasks in one go
• You can close the Analytics and Overdue/Upcoming Task windows with the ESC key
• Pressing Control+D will change the Due Date to the current date (can save you some clicks)
• Newly created Tasks now give the Task name field given focus, so you can start adding details right away
• Pressing Shift+Cmd+M will summon the Move Task window

You can download it by visiting its product page.

•  The ability to create and manage up to 49,000 tasks across 48 projects (1024 task limit per project)
•  The ability to tag your tasks with custom attributes to make them easier to find
•  Quickly find tasks by name, details, tags, and/or web links
•  The ability to assign tasks different priorities and pin urgent tasks so they're always visible
•  Move tasks between different projects
•  Keyboard-centric, so you can manage your tasks without touching your mouse
•  Export your task data as CSV or JSON files or make backups of your task database
•  View analytics on your tasks and see breakdowns by task type, priorities, and even completion rates
•  Optionally create macOS Calendar reminders for upcoming tasks and get information on overdue and upcoming tasks with a single keypress or mouse click
•  Choose to see counts of your upcoming tasks, active tasks, or task completion rates in your Dock
•  And more...

You can learn more about it (and also give it a whirl) by visiting its product page.

• Optimized the database to handle more licenses (2048) and improve performance, particularly with imports of metadata
• Added a search field to the Expired / soon to expire license window
• Fixed a bug with the macOS Calendar entry, which now creates a proper Calendar Reminder
• Changed the Dock behavior so that expired licenses or soon-to-expire license counts appear in the Dock rather than just showing a raw count

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• Fiters for both expired and soon-to-be expired licenses (up to 30 days out) and for licenses with attachments
• Added an optional macOS Service that you can install that can take selected text (anticipated to be a license code), gives you an opportunity to confirm the selected text, copies it to your clipboard, and then launches Butterfly Collector, so you can create a new license entry and paste it in

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

An improved Summary window, which greatly improves usability and makes it much easier to view your scan statistics:

The ability to automatically run a scan at specific times and/or days:

• The check for expired license functionality now will also flag soon-to-expire licenses, including highlighting licenses that will expire in between 1 and 7 days and highlight licenses that will expire for the current calendar day
• Both the Total Cost of Licenses calculation and the Cost Analytics Tab will factor in license expiration dates to produce more accurate cost estimates, which means that if you have an app with a $10 USD monthy subscription that ends on 1 Jan 2026, it will only calculate the costs through the rest of 2025
• Fixed the display of Single version licenses so the expiration date and Add to Calendar options are enabled by default

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• Added a CSV export feature to the Analytics tab
• Added support for 17 more currencies
• Added keyboard shortcuts for saving a license entry and to focus the search field

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• Fixed the Import CSV from a Revok app scan option. With v1.02, I had inadvertantly broken it due to the database change I made to support custom currency settings at the license level. Don't worry, I tested it several times in different scenarios and it seems to now work correctly.
• Added keyboard shortcut keys to jump to the first and last license records.

As always, you can download the latest version from here.

• Added support to set the currency for the Price / Cost field, which is also reflected in the CSV and JSON exports
• Touch ID authentication is also required for saving changes to entries or attempting to delele individual entries (when that option is enabled)
• Added the ability to check for and download new versions
• Made some assorted minor bug fixes
• Improved the documentation

You can download the latest version from here.

• Added basic support for Touch ID authentication for MacBook users, to optionally authenticate access to sensitive data and operations such as exporting license data, togging license key field visibility, copying license keys to the clipboard, etc.
• Added additional analytics on licenses:
  • Architecture: see breakdowns by CPU architecture
  • Cost: see breakdowns of license types by cost and the total cost of all licenses
• The Nag window count down is now 15 seconds vs 18

The next updates will focus on trying to make the UI look better on macOS Tahoe due to button styling differences and various refinements.

• Support to create and manag eup to 1,024 licenses
• Supports different types of licenses from single versions, lifetime purchases, MIT, and even subscriptions
• Supports rich information, including version, publisher, category, cost, architecture, minimum OS version, notes, and many several others
• Import data from Revok scan outputs to quickly populate your license database
• Attach license keys distributed as binary files, .plist files, or you can choose to attach PDF and text receipts
• Quickly find licenses by name, publisher, note contents, os version, and platform
• Filter licenses by category, license type and search within filter output
• Quickly duplicate existing licenses to keep information on different versions
• Export your license data as CSV or JSON files
• Make backups of your data
• View analytics on your licenses (e.g., breakout by category, license type, app type, etc.)
• Get notified of expired software licenses
• Optionally create macOS Calendar reminders for licenses with specific expiration and/or renewal dates

You can learn more about it (and also give it a whirl) by visiting its product page.

• Command Keeper 1.22
  • Fixed how the Category filter buttons render in macOS Tahoe
  • Made the Snippet Category Summary display in a modal window rather than an Alert
• Disk-O 2.10
  • It now displays a macOS Notification when disk space falls under the selected threshold
• Stim 1.11
  • There is now an option to disable macOS Notifications when key settings are changed

• Now compiled against the macOS 26 SDK, so different UI elements now render using the current design language (I personally don't like it, but you might)
• Added a new placeholder variable {_wifisec_}, which shows your Wifi network security setting (e.g.. WPA2 Personal)
• Added an option to display the Command Keeper window using macOS Tahoe's Liquid Glass / "Frosty" effect

You can download it from following link.

• There is now an auto-backup feature that will automatically make timestamped backups of your snippets database
• I added added two new placeholders: {_tz_}, which displays your timezone settings and {_ip_}, which displays your public IP address
• You can choose to display notifications whenever copying a snippet to the clipboard

You can download it from following link.

• Implemented the ability to toggle between Malware scanning and regular hash calculation behavior. This was done to speed up startup time since many users may not want to wait for the additional time require to check for and update the Malware database.
• Fixed the app's behavior when minimizing it.
• Added a link to the File Fingerprints User Guide from the app's File menu

The program is sitll free and you can download it here.

• I added a new Directory-level monitoring mode, which restricts Watchtower to only detect broad changes in files in watched directories (and not detect changes in individual files) I did this because this requires a lot less memory compared to the file-level monitoring capability.
• I added logic to detect whether existing file-level monitoring rules can be used in Directory-level monitoring mode.
• I implimented some additional optimizations for file-level monitoring, including aggressively flushing memory buffers and periodically restarting the monitoring observer while recovering events. As a result, Watchtower burns through memory at a much slower rate than in earlier versions.
• You can now clear thw Watchtower events log via a menu option.

 You can download it from its product page.

• Qwik Weather (2022-2025), a weather information app
• 99 Things (2024-2025), a simple Todo app
• Web Wallpaper (2022-2025), an app that places websites on your Mac's Desktop
• Readability (2024-2025), a text complexity analyzer

• I replaced the AppleScript notification code with native code. This makes notifications more responsive and more reliable
• I increased the precision of monitoring file renaming events, which should reduce the likelihood of Watchtower missing Move to Trash events, which was a problem in previous versions

 You can download it from its product page.

• Fixed some big causes of memory leaks, so Watchtower should now use much less memory than in previous versions — especially when idle
• Watchtower now filters out noisy events, which should reduce memory use over long periods
• Added new Action types: Alert & Log, Notify & Log, and Flash & Log
• Added placeholders to the Display Alert action (same syntax as for the Notify action)
• Cleaned up / improved input for various Action options
• Added a Help button to the Add / Edit Rules window that displays the placeholder syntax for Display Alert and Notification actions
• Display Alert & Notify actions now will default to displaying something if no parameters are entered
• Expanded the number of supported matching file extensions to 10 (from 8)

You can download it from its product page.

It also supports a special syntax, that gives you full control over what information is displayed:

%PATH%

Shows the full file path that triggered the rule (e.g. /Users/john/Documents/report.docx)

%EVENT%

Shows the event type (e.g. Created, Modified, Deleted, Renamed, Moved to Trash, Changed Owner, etc.)

%FOLDER%

Shows the parent folder path (e.g. /Users/john/Documents/)

%FILE%

Shows the file name only (e.g. report.docx)

%DATE%

Shows the current date in format YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2025-09-03)

%TIME%

Shows the current time in format HH:MM:SS (24-hour clock)

• Fixed the display of the Manage Rules window, it is now centered on the screen it is invoked from
• Added logic so the Watchtower window never gets cut off on a second or third display
• Added rudimentary support for some AppleScript, so its now possible to display macOS System notifications using it
• Added keyboard shortcuts to close the windows with the ESC key

You can download it from its product page.

How is this useful?

Well, imagine you want to monitor apps that install login items without your permission? Or, avoid accidentally deleting an important file you're working on, or you want to know when a an external drive is connected to your Mac (especially if it isn't yours!), and a whole bunch of other things in-between.

Like some of my other apps, Watchtower is Donation-ware, which means it can be used free-of-charge, albeit with a time-delay nag screen and the the ability to monitor fewer directories and leverage fewer rules. A one-time Donation of $5 USD will earn anyone a lifetime license that removes the nag screen and removes the monitoring and rule restrictions.

You can learn more and give it a try from here:

https://widgetworx.com/apps/watchtower.html

• Improved Malware scanning: it supports more signals in files when their hashes are not in its database and it will skip scanning very large files to speed up scanning since most Malware is found in smaller app files
• Added more fine grained scoring of files to reduce the chance that file hashes not found in the database are not unintentionally flagged as Malware
• Added the ability to page through large lists of files in the table using Shift+Up arrow and Shift+Down arrow
• Added better support for handling Malware database downloads in case of source errors, such as preserving the existing database
• You can now sort by the Status column in the table to highlight both suspected and identified malicious files by clicking on the header
• Added a link to the File Fingerprints User Guide from the app's File menu

The program is sitll free and you can download it here.

• Improved Malware scanning: it will now not only compare file hashes with those in its database, but also scan for nefarious strings in files and calculate a level of confidence if a given file is potentially malicious
• The ability to export a Malware scan as a CSV file along with its level of confidence
• The ability to move suspicious files into a special Quarantine directory to keep them isolated from your good files

The program is sitll free and you can download it here.

This is just the first version and there plenty of refinements to make. For the next version, I plan to have a more complete set of macOS-compatible Malware signatures for the app to use and add the abiility to optionally quartine Malware as well as fix any obvious bugs or crashes.

If you're interested in trying it, feel free to download it here. If you do try it out, please give me some feedback.

• Optimized movement routines for faster overall performance
• Finally fixed the game difficulty selection bug
• Some mines will now randomly move faster to make for more challenging game play

Future versions will likely focus on improving the UK/Commonweath English analysis and provide more comprehensive recommendations. Check out the Readability page if you're interested in learning more.

This revised version has been posted to my website from the Revok program page, but has a different date and timestamp: 11 August 2025 and created on 6:41 PM EDT. All users should download this newer build (which also includes revok-cli).

Despite altering some of my previous optimizations, Revok 1.14 still significantly faster than previous versions and worth the download.

You can download them from their respective web pages or select the "Check for Update" menu item.

As much as I love working on both of these apps, I'm going to turn my attention to a couple of new projects for a bit, so watch this space!

• Improved the handling of Right-clicking the Inspecting or Emptying of the Desktop Trash, which became a little glitchy after changes made in Trash Buddy 1.09
• Added an option to let users choose from 4 different menu bar icons for the Trash Buddy Plus app
• Added an option to let users set the transparency of the Desktop Trash, if desired (from fully opaque to 50% transparent)

You can download it from here.

• Addresses Category button rendering issues that I unexpectidly introduced in v1.18
• Addresses Snippet mode icon rendering issues that I unexpectidly introduced in v1.18
• Now correctly handles snippet Category settings when importing snippets from a JSON file

I apologize for any inconvience, but suggest you download v1.18 as the earliest opportunity.

• Revok now checks if Xcode Command Line Tools are installed. I took this for granted, but Revok depends on some tools being installed, which is not the case for many Mac users who do not do any development.
• Revok now will make scanning for Cracked apps is now optional, which can reduce overall scan time by 15% or more.
• The Revok User Guide is now available from the File menu after Revok starts.
• revok-cli now supports new parameters: --no-crack, which disables scans for Cracked apps and --electron, which can now scan and report in apps that use the Electron framework; revok-cli; also does a check to see if Xcode Command Line Tools are installed before running.

If you want to try it out, you can download the latest version of Revok from the "Check for Updates" menu or download it here.

Since macOS Betas are not always representative of the final macOS release, things could change, but for now the problem has been solved. The other change I added to version 1.17 is improving the export of the command snippet JSON, which should ensure that a valid JSON file is actually generated.

You can download it from following link.

At the same time, this can change. Apple tends to focus on different aspects with each Beta release and may relax or even increase certain behaviors while trying to isolate different bugs and features. Until macOS Tahoe drops in November, the behavior can change widely.

Nevertheless, I'm aware of it and it shouldn't impact your use of Command Keeper in the long-run.

You can learn more on my Sub-Hunter app page.

• You can now insert any of 24 Placeholder Variables directly into the command snippet field via a drop down menu. This avoids having to remember any cryptic syntax.
• I added a new {_locale_} placeholder, which outputs your Mac's current locale code, which determines language, date, and number formats setting (e.g. en_CA or de_DE, etc.).
• You can now define up to 4 custom Placeholder Variables, which allows you to assign useful values for frequently used domain names, URLs, specific apps, files, or folder names, or emojis (up to 70 characters long) via the new Set Custom Placeholders menu option.

You can download it from following link.

You can download Disk-O from the link here.

The feature is not magical nor foolproof. Some macOS crackers leave their signatures when making a crack, so all Revok does is look for them. Sometimes it will find one, sometimes it will miss since not all crackers are haughty to sign their work. Still, it could be useful.

If you want to try it out, you can download the latest version of Revok from the "Check for Updates" menu (if v1.09 has been installed) or download it here. You can simply install the new version of revok-cli over the old one using the instructions provided in the distribution DMG (requires some light command line foo).

• File Fingerprints 1.10: This version can accept files paths pasted from the Mac clipboard and the app now comes bundled with an Automator Workflow that enables you to select files directly from the Finder and send them to File Fingerprints for automatic file hash processing with one click -- even if it's not currently running.
• BabelFish Converter 1.03: This version now come bundled with an Automator Workflow that enables you to select files directly from the Finder and load them into BabelFish Converter for conversion with one click -- even if it's not currently running.
• Revok 1.08: This release can send specific apps to File Fingerprints if its installed. This can be useful as I plan to add a Malware mode to the program in the future.

Check them out on my Mac Apps page for more information.

I also added the ability to check for updates and made some other optimizations. You can download Stim from the link here.

You can download the latest version from the link below:
File Fingerprints]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:26:00 -0700 Made some updates to 99 Things, my lightweight To-do app.

It now uses a proper NSSearch field, so searches are nearly instant.

Other changes are the streamlining of menu options for better usability and the addition of a print option.

You can download it here if interested.

One of its nicer features is the ability to display key battery attributes at the same time, side-by-side. For example, you can see whether its charging, the estimated time left, percentage remaining, and even temperature all at the same time. The only limit is the width of your menu bar!

301 cycles • 72% • 09:45 left

You can learn more about it at its product page

• Breakin'
• Quill
• Stim
• Command Keeper
• Trash Buddy Plus
• Time Until
• Revok

I will continue to test my apps and fix any bugs before the official release of macOS 26 in November 2025.

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Command Keeper has been updated again!

• It now supports what I call "Placeholder Variables" which get dynamically expanded when inserted into the Terminal. For example, find {_docs_} -user {_user_} will appear as find /Users/dingleberry/Documents/ -user dingleberry. which can save you typing. There are placeholders supported for common Mac directories, time and date stamps, and various user functions.
• There is a new setting that automatically closes the main UI window if you click away from it.
• It will now display a nag screen that appears for 18 seconds unless you enter a valid, lifetime license key. If you Buy me a Coffee for $3 USD, I will email you one. The key is not required, but the nag screen will always appear each time you use Command Keeper.

You can download it from following link

		curl -O https://widgetworx.com/homebrew/trash-buddy-plus.rb
		brew uninstall --cask --zap ./trash-buddy-plus.rb || true
		brew install --cask ./trash-buddy-plus.rb
		

You can download it here if interested.

(1) I want to keep the license mechanism simple and don't want to overly burden users;

(2) I don't want to cripple my apps; they will remain fully functional though some extra features may not be available or there may be annoying nag screens;

(3) I don't want to charge too users too much. Licenses are just $3 USD and they are good for the lifetime of the app they're used with. In addition, there are no restrictions on how many Macs they can be used with;

(4) Most of my apps are and will continue to be free and won't require a license at all.

Currently, two of my apps (Command Keeper and Breakin') currently require license keys. However, any of my previous supporters via Gumroad or Buy me a Coffee will receive a complimentary license for either or both of these programs upon request!

• Added support to scan for Electron apps, which are basically web apps running inside a browser instance. These apps make cross-platform development and distribution easier, but they come at a cost -- performance and size. They can be many, many times larger than native apps
• You can now launch apps from the right-click contextual menu
• Fixed a bug with JSON exports

You can download it from here.

You can download it here if interested.

• Cleaned up the Preferences window and made it more usable
• You can now choose to prepend the timestamp to the start of a screen capture filename -- this will aid in keeping screen captures organized since they can be sorted (oldest items will appear first)

You can download it from here.

• Cleaned up the Preferences window and made it more usable
• Fixed a bug where manually triggering a break would not work when the 'Skip break if idle' option is enabled

You can download it from here.

• Added support to scan for LaunchAgents associated with your installed apps
• You can now also export scan results to a JSON file
• Attempted to localize the Revok UI in German

You can download it from here.

• It now uses a thread when displaying the Settings menu, which previously could periodically hang on some machines since it checks for the existence of apps like iTerm, Warp, and Ghostty. (It never exhibited this behavior on my personal machines, but did on my work machine, which also has various security software running on it)
• Added threading and locks to the database calls to ensure exclusive access to the data during every operation and prevents a race condition. This makes the database access much safer and more robust.

You can download it from the "Update" menu or from the following link

You can download it here if interested.

• Made scanning other application folders optional, which will speed up scans. You can also scan "System" apps now like the Terminal, Stocks, and others.
• The Find text feature now will find partial matching app names and you can find the next match as well. Pressing the Command+G key will also advance to the next match.
• Smoothed out scanning performance so it uses less CPU across more systems. Scanning speed shouldn't be materially impacted.

You can download this version here.

• Relaxed the command input sanitization to accept certain snippets with special quotes and other symbols. This makes it better for certain terminal commands and other use cases
• Added a Category summary feature if you press Command+I when the window is open to see a count of how many snippets exist for each Category in your current collection
• Adjusted the scollbar to be proportional to the search or filtered results
• Added support for the RegEx category in case you want to store Regular Expressions

After a couple of failed attempts, the latest build of Time Until 1.05 has been used reliably for a few days now, so I believe that crash to have been fixed! Fingers crossed!